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we will hear shortly from house speaker boehner but first insight from our political insider. david, it was interesting to hear the president use terms like dangerous game, collateral damage, political warfare, partisan three-ring circus. he was speaking over the heads of washington and into american living rooms. >> there's no doubt about it. in fact, i think, gwen, what we saw here was a harvard trained lawyer making his closing argument in this battle, and trying to teach the american people what the stakes are here. even including that urging of sort of calling your members of congress. if you are's somebody who gets a social security check or you are a veteran that et gos veteran benefits the president was trying to speak to you, asking you to get engaged and call your member of congress to support his point of view. he lays out, his plan is very bald. i'm sure what we will hear from speaker boehner doesn't describe the obama plan that way. >> ifill: how unusual is it to hear a president come and talk about what is basically a legislative dispute in a prime time national
we will hear shortly from house speaker boehner but first insight from our political insider. david, it was interesting to hear the president use terms like dangerous game, collateral damage, political warfare, partisan three-ring circus. he was speaking over the heads of washington and into american living rooms. >> there's no doubt about it. in fact, i think, gwen, what we saw here was a harvard trained lawyer making his closing argument in this battle, and trying to teach the american...
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boehner has a history in the legislature. he's somebody who was a key figure in forging a compromise in no child left behind, the education reform thafrs a top priority for george w. bush when he first came in in 2001. we worked with george miller, a liberal democrat and a close ally of the speaker. so i think there are some hopes. but what democrats and republicans ails know is that there's a contentious body here, and there's contentiousness even in the republican ranks. for speaker boehner, he faces a robust majority, and a third on new, and 87 have never served in office before, and they didn't come to march in lock step with their own party much less with anybody else. so there's some challenges there, and i think he knows it, and democrats are ready to take him up on them. >> michael, is there a historic standard for judging speakers of the house? >> yes. one is getting re-elected. that means their party has done well, and they've done well with the people in the party. that doesn't always happen. in the case of a party
boehner has a history in the legislature. he's somebody who was a key figure in forging a compromise in no child left behind, the education reform thafrs a top priority for george w. bush when he first came in in 2001. we worked with george miller, a liberal democrat and a close ally of the speaker. so i think there are some hopes. but what democrats and republicans ails know is that there's a contentious body here, and there's contentiousness even in the republican ranks. for speaker boehner,...
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so, does boehner have the 216? >> just a short while ago i got offer with a top aide in his office, and he asures me that they do have the votes after they rejigered this plan. speaker boehner made the plan more attractive to conservatives by adding in the balanced budget amendment. >> caved, what happened last night? were there enough republicans who gave a commitment to boehner and then chk changed their mind or did he just never have the vote in the first place and he misread it? >> i'm told nobody changed their mind or promised the speaker their vote and did not deliver for him. my sense of what happened after talking to a lot of people on the hill today, judy, is the republican leadership team was trying a bit of bravado. some of these tea party freshmen started to understand the speakerer's argument on this, on why they needed to pass something and i think they started getting a little bit ahead of themselves thinking they had the votes. as they got near the wire, they realized they did not have the votes. an
so, does boehner have the 216? >> just a short while ago i got offer with a top aide in his office, and he asures me that they do have the votes after they rejigered this plan. speaker boehner made the plan more attractive to conservatives by adding in the balanced budget amendment. >> caved, what happened last night? were there enough republicans who gave a commitment to boehner and then chk changed their mind or did he just never have the vote in the first place and he misread it?...
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but then speaker boehner today declined to say that it-- that it's wrong. do what is the thinking on that? >> this is a case study in how the select committee is complicated politically. trey gowdy a former federal prosecutor from south carolina who is chairing the subcommittee, speaker boehner are trying to present a sober look for the republicans in the house. a seriousness to this entire process. yet almost immediately the campaign arm of the gop started to fund raise off this entire initiative so. have sober on one hand and fund raise and political on the other. it will be hard balanced for republicans to make and speaker boehner today in a press conference did not address the fund raising from the nrcc related to benghazi and i that i say testament to his ability to sgrap grap well in tension. >> is this something the republicans believe they can raise money off? >> i think they have not only can they, but they have for quite some time. i spent a lot of time on the campaign trail. and when i talk to republican based voters, tea party conservatives, ben
but then speaker boehner today declined to say that it-- that it's wrong. do what is the thinking on that? >> this is a case study in how the select committee is complicated politically. trey gowdy a former federal prosecutor from south carolina who is chairing the subcommittee, speaker boehner are trying to present a sober look for the republicans in the house. a seriousness to this entire process. yet almost immediately the campaign arm of the gop started to fund raise off this entire...
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captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions >> ifill: president obama and speaker boehner raised the stakes on the debt negotiations today, each calling on the other to compromise. >> now is the time to deal with these issues. if not now, when? >> but it takes two to tango. and they're not there yet. >> ifill: good evening, i'm gwen ifill. >> woodruff: and i'm judy woodruff. on the "newshour" tonight: we get t latest on t t p ptitianan ststleleteterom democratat senatat d dk durbin andnd pupuicic c cgressman peter roskam. >> ifill: then, we examine the challenges facing the world's newest nation-- south sudan. >> woodruff: ray suarez explores the post-shuttle era of space exploration with former astronaut mae jemison, former nasa official eric sterner and "newshour" science correspondent miles o'brien. >> ifill: and jeffrey brown visits an art exhibit that unravels the mysteries of chinese temples dating back to the 6th century. >> this is a story of ancient history and the littest technology. and for you mystery and csi fans, yes, great treasures have been lost and an investigat
captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions >> ifill: president obama and speaker boehner raised the stakes on the debt negotiations today, each calling on the other to compromise. >> now is the time to deal with these issues. if not now, when? >> but it takes two to tango. and they're not there yet. >> ifill: good evening, i'm gwen ifill. >> woodruff: and i'm judy woodruff. on the "newshour" tonight: we get t latest on t t p ptitianan...
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boehner, mr. leader, i know that all of you-- and, senator mccconnell, this is for you, too-- i know that all of you have been reading about '94 and how, you know, the mistakes and pitfalls of your colleagues that you were actually part of. i wonder how... what are the lessons you take away from that? how will you govern differently this time? and, senator mcconnell, how does it affect what you will do in the senate if you don't have a majority? >> well, i think clearly the election yesterday did not transfer full control of the government to the opposition. it was a first step in the direction of changing what we've been doing in washington. there are two opportunities for that change to occur. our friends on the other side can change now and work with us to address the issues that are important to the american people, that we all understood. or further change, obviously, can happen in 2012. >> we know that house republicans are pledged to repeal and replace the president's health care reform. yo
boehner, mr. leader, i know that all of you-- and, senator mccconnell, this is for you, too-- i know that all of you have been reading about '94 and how, you know, the mistakes and pitfalls of your colleagues that you were actually part of. i wonder how... what are the lessons you take away from that? how will you govern differently this time? and, senator mcconnell, how does it affect what you will do in the senate if you don't have a majority? >> well, i think clearly the election...
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boehner has said that he's going to pass a clean vote on not defaulting on the debt. if they do that i'm confident we will move over here as quickly as we can. >> reporter: later, there was word the senate might vote to raise the debt ceiling bill tomorrow. that would be well in advance of the february 27 deadline set by treasury secretary jack lew for congress to act, or risk having the federal government default. >> woodruff: what forecasters call a potentially catastrophic winter storm was sweeping snow and ice into the deep south today. president obama declared a state of emergency for georgia. there, the storm threatened to drop a crippling layer of ice, knocking out power for days. supermarket shelves emptied in atlanta, although the city got mostly rain at first. airports from dallas to charlotte canceled almost 900 flights. >> woodruff: the u.s. may wait for the next president of afghanistan to sign an agreement leaving some u.s. troops there past 2014. so far, president hamid karzai has refused and today's "wall street journal" reports u.s. officials doubt he
boehner has said that he's going to pass a clean vote on not defaulting on the debt. if they do that i'm confident we will move over here as quickly as we can. >> reporter: later, there was word the senate might vote to raise the debt ceiling bill tomorrow. that would be well in advance of the february 27 deadline set by treasury secretary jack lew for congress to act, or risk having the federal government default. >> woodruff: what forecasters call a potentially catastrophic winter...
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. >> holman: from their annual retreat on maryland's eastern shore, house speaker john boehner and his fellow republicans aimed to dispel the notion that they're to blame for lack of action on major issues. majority leader eric cantor urged president obama to seek them out instead of just issuing executive orders. >> the president did say the other night, he said, "look. in america, it's always been if you work hard and you're responsible, you get ahead." well, we agree. we republicans have been talking about that for years and years. and so we want the president to work with us to try to solve that. >> holman: in his state of the union address, the president painted the house g.o.p as the roadblock on immigration, for instance. >> it is time to heed the call of business leaders, labor leaders, faith leaders and law enforcement and fix our broken immigration system. republicans and democrats in the senate have acted. i know that members of both parties in the house want to do the same. >> holman: the house republicans charged today it's senate democrats who've been stalling key bills.
. >> holman: from their annual retreat on maryland's eastern shore, house speaker john boehner and his fellow republicans aimed to dispel the notion that they're to blame for lack of action on major issues. majority leader eric cantor urged president obama to seek them out instead of just issuing executive orders. >> the president did say the other night, he said, "look. in america, it's always been if you work hard and you're responsible, you get ahead." well, we agree....
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our speaking of the house, john boehner dismissed that. my question is how can you and he and others be so sure that the c.b.o. is wrong about that? >> well, the c.b.o. is bases assumptions on all the gimmicks in the health care bill we know of. double counting, pushing the policy into late years to gain the costs of this bill. the bottom line is we know the health care bill increases deficit and increases people's health care costs. it also is going to make it very difficult for employers to hire people and create jobs. we really have to repeal the bill and start over. we had a bill that the republicans introduced in advance that would have actually reduced peoples' premiums by $3500 for the average family. this bill increases their premiums. what we need to do is make health care more affordable, not more costly. so this is a key priority, and it really has to be looked at. this and deficit and tax reform which i hope to work o. all of those have to look at how do we create jobs and get the economy moving again. unemployment is far too h
our speaking of the house, john boehner dismissed that. my question is how can you and he and others be so sure that the c.b.o. is wrong about that? >> well, the c.b.o. is bases assumptions on all the gimmicks in the health care bill we know of. double counting, pushing the policy into late years to gain the costs of this bill. the bottom line is we know the health care bill increases deficit and increases people's health care costs. it also is going to make it very difficult for...
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>> it's a threat to john boehner. these are people, let's be very frank, whose districts overwhelmingly do not have latino voters. i mean, that's part of the reality. so they're not being responsive in terms of immigration, the fact that they have constituents who are concerned in this sense. it is a problem that john boehner -- john boehner three times already has violated what the hastert rule is. the hastert rule named for speaker dennis hastert was that you only bring up legislation when you're in control of the house when a majority of your own caucus is on board in support of it. he three times on relief for hurricane sandy victims, on the violence against women act and on the fiscal cliff at the beginning of the session he three times brought up legislation and passed it with a minority of his own party and democrats providing the margin of victory. and, you know, that i think in all three cases it was in the interest of the nation, certain in the interest of the party not to go on record against violence again
>> it's a threat to john boehner. these are people, let's be very frank, whose districts overwhelmingly do not have latino voters. i mean, that's part of the reality. so they're not being responsive in terms of immigration, the fact that they have constituents who are concerned in this sense. it is a problem that john boehner -- john boehner three times already has violated what the hastert rule is. the hastert rule named for speaker dennis hastert was that you only bring up legislation...
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afterward, boehner summed up things this way. >> we had a nice conversation, a light conversation, but at some point we've got to allow the process that our founders gave us to work out. i would hope that the president and my democratic colleagues in the senate would listen to the american people and sit down and have a serious discussion above resolving these differences. >> reporter: today, the senate's democratic majority leader harry reid said his side is ready for that serious discussion, but only after house republicans give way on the spending bill. >> open the government and we'll negotiate with you on anything you want to negotiate with. i outlined anything that he'd want to talk about. discretionary spending, health care, anything you want to talk about with health care that includes obamacare. but open the government; get the debt ceiling out of here. >> reporter: as reid suggested, the shutdown standoff already is merging, at least rhetorically, with the deadline two weeks off, when the government will hit its borrowing limit and could default on its debts. in a report toda
afterward, boehner summed up things this way. >> we had a nice conversation, a light conversation, but at some point we've got to allow the process that our founders gave us to work out. i would hope that the president and my democratic colleagues in the senate would listen to the american people and sit down and have a serious discussion above resolving these differences. >> reporter: today, the senate's democratic majority leader harry reid said his side is ready for that serious...
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john boehner acted like a grown-up. he wasn't nathan hale or patrick henry, but in this climate he looked like it because it was good politics and good public policy. he did the right thing for the country, and he did the right thing for his part party. he brought them back from i a second self-destructive closing of the government which cost the republican party enormously. what does it mean going forward? i'm not sure. it's a better climate. it was a victory for the president, a victory for the democrats in the sense they didn't-- they did get a clean bill. but i don't see it as a great compact,o a great concord. i really don't. i mean, i think immigration is where the president had his biggest hope, and i don't see that any closer this week than it was last week. >> fiwere the president, i would hit-- i would take advantage of this moment of division or rancor, whatever you want to call it, in the republican party, and i would have two big proposals that i'd just talk about endlessly. the first would be immigration,
john boehner acted like a grown-up. he wasn't nathan hale or patrick henry, but in this climate he looked like it because it was good politics and good public policy. he did the right thing for the country, and he did the right thing for his part party. he brought them back from i a second self-destructive closing of the government which cost the republican party enormously. what does it mean going forward? i'm not sure. it's a better climate. it was a victory for the president, a victory for...
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that's the one voice i've heard endorse john boehner's position this week on immigration. it's got to be cold comfort for the speaker. >> woodruff: well, complete change of subject, the two of you were right last week on the super bowl. you both-- kidose to both of you. you both predicted insurgency. let's turn to the olympics. you both follow bobsledding and luge-- >> we're judges in the ice dancing competition. >> woodruff: so what's your prediction? we've heard a lot about security, david. we've heard a lot about sochi not being ready. what are you excited about? >> well, the jamaican bobsledders, of course. the skeleton i'm thrilled about. i don't think about the winter olympic sports at any moment except the moment they happen to be on. so i'm unaware of luge until that moment, and then it is completely erased from my memory bank so it only exists in the present so i don't have any prejudgments. >> i think the olympics are in trouble. they violated one of the first rules of politics -- make sure the press has clean beds and hotels that-- where there's a bar open and t
that's the one voice i've heard endorse john boehner's position this week on immigration. it's got to be cold comfort for the speaker. >> woodruff: well, complete change of subject, the two of you were right last week on the super bowl. you both-- kidose to both of you. you both predicted insurgency. let's turn to the olympics. you both follow bobsledding and luge-- >> we're judges in the ice dancing competition. >> woodruff: so what's your prediction? we've heard a lot about...
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there's going to be a vote in the house tomorrow on the boehner plan. it's under siege from the right tonight not from the left. conservatives have come out and said it didn't do enough. we want more. we want a balanced budget amendment. there will be conservatives who vote against it. the question is can it pass the house? if it doesn't then the action moves to the senate and it will be harry reid's ball there. >> brown: what about on wall street and international markets? where are we today? >> international markets are absolutely on tender hooks because up until now there really has been a pretty... assumption that sooner or later politicians would strike a deal. probably last minute but a deal would be done before august 2. right now the thinking is not only is there a growing risk know the rating agencies could downgrade the u.s. even if there is a short-term band-aid solution but secondly there may not be a deal by august 2. so a lot of people in the financial markets right now are starting to look at what-if scenarios and creating plans for what
there's going to be a vote in the house tomorrow on the boehner plan. it's under siege from the right tonight not from the left. conservatives have come out and said it didn't do enough. we want more. we want a balanced budget amendment. there will be conservatives who vote against it. the question is can it pass the house? if it doesn't then the action moves to the senate and it will be harry reid's ball there. >> brown: what about on wall street and international markets? where are we...
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speaker boehner said his members wanted to make clear to the president they would not accept any more unilateral steps. >> when the president takes these actions he will be sealing deal on legacy of lawlessness. >> reporter: in the end, that was not enough to sway wary conservatives. on the other side of the capitol, meanwhile, senators continued debate on a $2.7 billion plan put forward by democrats. $1 billion less than the president's request. that proposal includes spending for additional detention facilities and more immigration judges to process migrants. unlike the house bill, the senate version does not tweak the 2008 trafficking law. but with little sign of an agreement, both sides today traded blame. senate minority leader mitch mcconnell called on the president to step up and lead. >> congress can't do it without your leadership or your engagement. it's impossible to do this without you. so pick up that phone you keep telling us about. >> reporter: democrat patrick leahy of vermont accused republicans of standing in the way of progress. >> it is so much easier not to do any
speaker boehner said his members wanted to make clear to the president they would not accept any more unilateral steps. >> when the president takes these actions he will be sealing deal on legacy of lawlessness. >> reporter: in the end, that was not enough to sway wary conservatives. on the other side of the capitol, meanwhile, senators continued debate on a $2.7 billion plan put forward by democrats. $1 billion less than the president's request. that proposal includes spending for...
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i don't blame mcconnell and boehner, i blame the rank and file. you have to state to the majority, are you here to make statements? go to fox. if you're going to pass law, you have ability to influence that. >> we've seen this before, jude y, picking up on david's point, is they have to come to reality, they have to fund homeland security by the 27th of february, and there's not going to be a government shutdown. and every story we read, whether out of belgium, northern europe whether across the globe is about terrorist threats or plots or actual events and the idea that homeland security would be put on hold and not fully funded or more funded is absolutely incredible, so they have no bargaining chip and no bargaining power to suffer this sort of symbolic defeat. >> woodruff: let's talk about another part of the republican story, that is the race for president. we've seen so many names david. i think one of the remarkable things this week is mitt romney a lot of pushback from other republicans including i think one of his campaign co-chairs about
i don't blame mcconnell and boehner, i blame the rank and file. you have to state to the majority, are you here to make statements? go to fox. if you're going to pass law, you have ability to influence that. >> we've seen this before, jude y, picking up on david's point, is they have to come to reality, they have to fund homeland security by the 27th of february, and there's not going to be a government shutdown. and every story we read, whether out of belgium, northern europe whether...
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they've settled on john boehner as theirville and. the republicans are running against obama and pelosi so the democrats need someone. john boehner the leader of the republicans in the house is sort of the obvious choice. more and more president obama and other democrats have been mentioning him and attacking him when they're out there giving their messages. >> ifill: members of congress have been out of town for six weeks, a very long recess. the senate came back today. the house comes back tomorrow. how does their physically being here and getting on the floor and actually speeches and actually having to vote on things, how does that change where the course of this debate? >> well it changes the dynamics a lot. the democrats are pretty determined to bring something to the floor of the senate and the house because they want to give their members a chance to vote in such a way that they can go back home and say i voted against a middle-class tax increase. you know, when you're scattered throughout the country there's a lot of debate a
they've settled on john boehner as theirville and. the republicans are running against obama and pelosi so the democrats need someone. john boehner the leader of the republicans in the house is sort of the obvious choice. more and more president obama and other democrats have been mentioning him and attacking him when they're out there giving their messages. >> ifill: members of congress have been out of town for six weeks, a very long recess. the senate came back today. the house comes...
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so i think it's been happening at the level of leader reid, speaker boehner and now speaker boehner is planning to move it through the house with the support of his conference. >> ifill: we have heard today that the phones were jammed at the capitol with people in your constituents calling in. is that what you're hearing from your members as well? >> i think's a high level of expectation on the part of the american public that their leaders come together and solve two things: one is make sure the obligations are met and that we don't go into any sort of tail spin as a result of this. but as importantly, make sure that the debt ceiling isn't raised just willy-nilly with no pro-conditions. and i think if there's a thoughtful way forward-- and that, i would submit, is the boehner plan-- that accomplishes those two things i think most americans can get their heads around that and feel a high level of confidence. which is why i think it's interesting when you were interviewing the white house representative, he very carefully didn't they the president would veto the bill. and i think they o
so i think it's been happening at the level of leader reid, speaker boehner and now speaker boehner is planning to move it through the house with the support of his conference. >> ifill: we have heard today that the phones were jammed at the capitol with people in your constituents calling in. is that what you're hearing from your members as well? >> i think's a high level of expectation on the part of the american public that their leaders come together and solve two things: one is...
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boehner is plot og his next move. he remains undecided but sometime soon, probably later this week, and pete session of texas tells me probably within the 48 hours. house republicans have to unveil some kind of debt limit proposal. they still need to decide what that final product looks leak. >> woodruff: so how close down to the wire can they let this go? >> i think they are probably going to go to the final days. and that is because of the political pressure from the right. if they don't, if the speaker and the leadership to the conservatives don't look like they fought to the end there will be repercussions politically within the party. so they have to keep fighting. that is what you saw speaker boehner on sunday on abc talk about the need for a conversation that at the same time saying will not yield any ground. >> just quickly, finally robert, we're hearing tonight in the senate that this plan to pay federal workers who have been furloughed back pay has hit a snag. senator john cornyn of texas, do you know anythi
boehner is plot og his next move. he remains undecided but sometime soon, probably later this week, and pete session of texas tells me probably within the 48 hours. house republicans have to unveil some kind of debt limit proposal. they still need to decide what that final product looks leak. >> woodruff: so how close down to the wire can they let this go? >> i think they are probably going to go to the final days. and that is because of the political pressure from the right. if...
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speaker boehner has said that he is going to introduce legislation that would allow him and the house of representatives to sue the president over past executive actions that the president has taken. so this is really going to be a tremendous flash point between the white house and the republicans in the house where there is already a great deal of polarization and difference of opinion. >> woodruff: does that mean the republicans disagree with the move of sending more agents to the border? >> no, i don't think they disagree with that, but they disagree with the president acting on his own without getting legislation from congress. and the reason that republicans have given for not passing immigration legislation this year is because they distrust the president to enforce the current immigration laws. so this is the argument that the republicans have made and that has stopped the process of legislation moving forward this year. >> woodruff: well, it's certainly something that's gotten all of our attention. julia preston with "the new york times," we thank you. >> thank you. >> woodruf
speaker boehner has said that he is going to introduce legislation that would allow him and the house of representatives to sue the president over past executive actions that the president has taken. so this is really going to be a tremendous flash point between the white house and the republicans in the house where there is already a great deal of polarization and difference of opinion. >> woodruff: does that mean the republicans disagree with the move of sending more agents to the...
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speaker boehner is hunting tore 217 votes. here is the math of what speaker boehner is trying to do, he already knows he is not likely to get a single democratic vote. so you are deal in a republican only universe. you have 240 republicans. he can only lose 23 of them as no votes in order to pass this bill. right now i think he might have a couple more that he needs to do some good old-fashioned arm twisting with and we foe at this hour those meetings are taking place off the house floor one-on-one with the speaker trying to make sure he gets them. >> brown: in the last couple of days this has become a real test for him personally. >> there is no doubt. this is his single biggest test since becoming speaker of the house. we talked all year long, jeff, about his challenge, right, in terms of being able to, without with the president, a democratic president and the democratic majority in the senate, but having these 87 freshman who came to washington on the wave of tea party support without do not want to be dealing-- dealing in
speaker boehner is hunting tore 217 votes. here is the math of what speaker boehner is trying to do, he already knows he is not likely to get a single democratic vote. so you are deal in a republican only universe. you have 240 republicans. he can only lose 23 of them as no votes in order to pass this bill. right now i think he might have a couple more that he needs to do some good old-fashioned arm twisting with and we foe at this hour those meetings are taking place off the house floor...
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they know speaker boehner doesn't. it would be terrible politics for republicans-- or so they believe. democrats feel they're in the power seat sitting back and waiting for john boehner and the republicans to come up with something that doesn't defund obamacare and then they can fight about spending levels. >> ifill: let's talk about what is at the root of it. where does the spending debate stand? >> this is interest, because this is actually where john boehner's probably about to get a little bit of a win here underneath all the dust about obamacare. remember sequestration? of course. those cuts, automatic cuts hanging over everything. this continuing resolution, they're usually designed to continue spending levels at the current levels. we don't have an agreement yet. let's just kick the can two or three months. that's what this is going to be but here's the debate between republicans and democrats -- democrats say sequestration, we want to try to fix that. we want to plug that. we don't want to assume sequestration
they know speaker boehner doesn't. it would be terrible politics for republicans-- or so they believe. democrats feel they're in the power seat sitting back and waiting for john boehner and the republicans to come up with something that doesn't defund obamacare and then they can fight about spending levels. >> ifill: let's talk about what is at the root of it. where does the spending debate stand? >> this is interest, because this is actually where john boehner's probably about to...
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superior court boehner, they did something in the house, and qaddafi wrote a letter and said thanks. i mean, i think very clearly what we're doing there is the right thing to do. i would much rather have qaddafi gone. i don't think the draft-- act when drafted took this into consideration. >> lehrer: there is going to be a vote? >> i don't know. in the senate there's nothing very definite about votes. i had a long conversation with john kerry, and john mccain has strong feelings on this. >> lehrer: speaker boehner says if they don't do something like this in the house, he may try to keep the. away from being spent on the libya operation. >> i don't think john really believes we should stop our inaction libya. i mean, this madman is just that. he's a mad man. the sooner he goes, the better off. and i don't think people should play around with this. we do not want qaddafi running libya, and so i think the superior court should be very careful about these threats. >> lehrer: just so i understand, you support the president's position that that was put out and that statement, 30-some page
superior court boehner, they did something in the house, and qaddafi wrote a letter and said thanks. i mean, i think very clearly what we're doing there is the right thing to do. i would much rather have qaddafi gone. i don't think the draft-- act when drafted took this into consideration. >> lehrer: there is going to be a vote? >> i don't know. in the senate there's nothing very definite about votes. i had a long conversation with john kerry, and john mccain has strong feelings on...
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boehner. there were no new ideas. they would have us borrow $700 billion over the next ten years to give a tax cut of about $100,000 each to folks who are already millionaires. >> reporter: sustained unemployment near 10% and flagging growth are the main reasons the president's party is staring down potential major losses in the congressional mid- term election. trying to limit the economic and electoral damage, the president conceded that his recovery plans haven't worked fast enough, but he also sought to define the stakes he sees on election day. >> it's still fear versus hope; the past versus the future. it's still a choice between sliding backward and moving forward. >> reporter: mr. obama has called for more targeted stimulus spending and small- business tax breaks including $50 billion in infrastructure spending to upgrade or rehab roads, railways and runways. mr. obama also is proposing a permanent extension of a tax break on research and innovation and a more than $100 billion business tax cut, that would all
boehner. there were no new ideas. they would have us borrow $700 billion over the next ten years to give a tax cut of about $100,000 each to folks who are already millionaires. >> reporter: sustained unemployment near 10% and flagging growth are the main reasons the president's party is staring down potential major losses in the congressional mid- term election. trying to limit the economic and electoral damage, the president conceded that his recovery plans haven't worked fast enough,...
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it's john boehner being able to say, look, we're going after him. we're bringing it to court. and all of a sudden, joh john boehner looks somewhat moderate because john mccain's vice presidential running mate, former governor palin, is leading an impeachment charge supported by such esteemed groups as sean hannity and the grudge report. the lawsuit looks quite civil. >> woodruff: is that what this is? it's the speaker throwing a bone or a -- whether it's a bone that's going to develop or not? >> impeachment is probably cuckoo land. but there's a natural tussle between the legislature and the white house and especially when everything is dysfunctional. the president has been quite unshy about that and the legislature's job is to push back. you're going to -- it's a gray area. the president is charged with executing the laws. congress passed it. the president's got it make it work. whatever party. and so how much do you allow him to change the law to make it function? and so that's sort of a gray area. i think the president and on some occasions has gone quite aggressively to ch
it's john boehner being able to say, look, we're going after him. we're bringing it to court. and all of a sudden, joh john boehner looks somewhat moderate because john mccain's vice presidential running mate, former governor palin, is leading an impeachment charge supported by such esteemed groups as sean hannity and the grudge report. the lawsuit looks quite civil. >> woodruff: is that what this is? it's the speaker throwing a bone or a -- whether it's a bone that's going to develop or...
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but speaker boehner is in a tricky spot. on the one hand he's under pressure to get a deal done. on the other hand he has to do something to reach out to tea party conservatives and how he navigates that tricky terrain is going to be interesting. >> lehrer: and everybody who says they don't want a shutdown, the tea party conservatives wouldn't mind having one, am i right about that? >> i think so. there's a lot of tea party conservatives and they have a lot of different views but they feel if that's what it takes to cut funding significantly, then bring it on. there are people like congressman mike pence of indiana who's a leader of that group and he has sort of said look, i don't want a shutdown but if that's what we have to do, that's what we have toe do. but everybody else in both parties is saying they want to avoid it at all costs because it would lead to a volatile political environment. nobody knows for sure who would be blamed. nobody knows what the outcome would be. so it's something both parties are shying away from with the exception of those tea party conservatives yo
but speaker boehner is in a tricky spot. on the one hand he's under pressure to get a deal done. on the other hand he has to do something to reach out to tea party conservatives and how he navigates that tricky terrain is going to be interesting. >> lehrer: and everybody who says they don't want a shutdown, the tea party conservatives wouldn't mind having one, am i right about that? >> i think so. there's a lot of tea party conservatives and they have a lot of different views but...
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i tell speaker boehner, "mr. speaker, we're prepared to vote on that today, as soon as this house opens." >> reporter: within boehner's house republican ranks, there was strong sentiment not to give in. >> now comes the president and the senate majority leader demanding that this house of representative surrender. we will not surrender! we're fighting for the american people. >> reporter: still, it was increasingly clear some republicans want a way out. senator kelly ayotte of new hampshire. >> and i would say to my it's time for a reality check. defunding obamacare did not work as a strategy, so let's find common ground and work together, yes, to address the concerns that are very legitimate that we have with this health care bill, but also to get this government funded. >> reporter: the house did vote on a bill to reopen the federal emergency management agency, as a tropical storm approached the gulf coast. republicans also pushed another spending bill to fund nutritional assistance for low- income women and ch
i tell speaker boehner, "mr. speaker, we're prepared to vote on that today, as soon as this house opens." >> reporter: within boehner's house republican ranks, there was strong sentiment not to give in. >> now comes the president and the senate majority leader demanding that this house of representative surrender. we will not surrender! we're fighting for the american people. >> reporter: still, it was increasingly clear some republicans want a way out. senator kelly...
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and just one thing on speaker boehner. suggested his week was a bad week because i thought of all the public figures in the country that i thought showed an understanding of the tone, ear deafness of what was going on in the country, the two best were andrew cuomo taking over as governor of new york and john boehner. >> a democrat and republicans. >> nothing self-congratulate tore. no high fives no victory dance in the end zone, no big gala with high rollers. i thought he showed a very good tone. and a personal modesty. >> i would say since the election if you look at the two washington figures who have had excellent periods, i think boehner and obama have had excellent periods. >> obama went to 50% by going on vacation for two weeks. let's talk about the president, gene sperling today appointing as top economic. what do you think. >> i think is an excellent appointment because sperling is the kind of guy, a fountain of policy programs. there is nobody else like him. >> he is a talking -- >> he does talk a lot but if you w
and just one thing on speaker boehner. suggested his week was a bad week because i thought of all the public figures in the country that i thought showed an understanding of the tone, ear deafness of what was going on in the country, the two best were andrew cuomo taking over as governor of new york and john boehner. >> a democrat and republicans. >> nothing self-congratulate tore. no high fives no victory dance in the end zone, no big gala with high rollers. i thought he showed a...